| | 304 - Pope Marcellinus (martyred) |
| | 625 - Pope Boniface V |
| | 1047 - King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024) |
| | 1154 - King Stephen of England (b. 1096) |
| | 1230 - Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1180) |
| | 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet |
| | 1415 - Killed in the Battle of Agincourt: |
| | Charles d'Albret, Count of Dreux and Constable of France |
| | John I of Alençon (b. 1385) |
| | Antoine, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384) |
| | Philip of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Rethel (b. 1389) |
| | Frederick of Lorraine (b. 1371) |
| | Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389) |
| | Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (b. 1394) |
| | Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (b. 1373) |
| | 1492 - Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish Catholic bishop |
| | 1495 - King John II of Portugal (b. 1455) |
| | 1514 - William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and statesman (b. 1431) |
| | 1555 - Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian classical scholar (b. 1526) |
| | 1557 - William Cavendish, English politician (b. 1505) |
| | 1633 - Jean Titelouze, French organist |
| | 1647 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608) |
| | 1683 - William Scroggs, Lord Chief Justice of England |
| | 1733 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (b. 1667) |
| | 1757 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (b. 1672) |
| | 1760 - George II of Great Britain (b. 1683) |
| | 1826 - Philippe Pinel, French psychiatrist (b. 1745) |
| | 1833 - Abbas Mirza, prince of Persia (b. 1789) |
| | 1889 - Émile Augier, French dramatist (b. 1820) |
| | 1895 - Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (b. 1819) |
| | 1910 - Willie Anderson, Scottish-born golfer (b. 1878) |
| | 1920 - King Alexander I of Greece (b. 1893) |
| | 1921 - Bat Masterson, American journalist and lawman |
| | 1938 - Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (b. 1892) |
| | 1953 - Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (b. 1867 |
| | 1955 - Sadako Sasaki atomic bomb victim (b. 1943) |
| | 1957 - Albert Anastasia, Italian-born gangster (b. 1902) |
| | 1957 - Lord Dunsany, Irish writer (b. 1878) |
| | 1960 - Harry Ferguson, farm equipment manufacturer (b. 1884) |
| | 1963 - Roger Désormière, French conductor (b. 1898) |
| | 1965 - Eduard Einstein, Son of Albert Einstein (b. 1910) |
| | 1973 - Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928) |
| | 1973 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian athlete (b. 1932) |
| | 1980 - Virgil Fox, American organist (b. 1912) |
| | 1985 - Gary Holton, English actor (b. 1952) |
| | 1986 - Forrest Tucker, America actor (b. 1919) |
| | 1992 - Roger Miller, American musician and composer (b. 1936) |
| | 1993 - Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer/songwriter (b. 1958) |
| | 1993 - Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911) |
| | 1994 - Kara Spears Hultgreen American naval pilot (b. 1965) |
| | 1994 - Mildred Natwick, American actress (b. 1905) |
| | 1995 - Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918) |
| | 1995 - Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-born actress (b. 1920) |
| | 1999 - Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957) |
| | 2002 - Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930) |
| | 2002 - Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator from Minnesota (b. 1944) |
| | 2002 - René Thom, French mathematician (b. 1923) |
| | 2003 - Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925) |
| | 2004 - John Peel, British disc jockey (b. 1939) |
| | 2005 - Wellington Mara, American football team owner (b. 1916) |
| | 2006 - Danny Rolling, American murderer (b. 1954) |